No update to Universal Studio’s stance on a special military offer for 2012.
Welcome to the third installment of the Orlando Military Discounts Series, in which I’ll cover the Military Discounts still available for Universal Orland’s theme parks. The first installment covered Disney’s Armed Forces Salute and the second covered Anheuser-Busch’s Sea World and Busch Garden’s Hero Salute. The final post in the series I’m going to call “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” which will wrap it all up.
Lots of search terms bring visitors to my site, besides people searching for information on Disney Military Discounts I get lots of people searching for Universal Studios Orlando Military Discounts for 2011 and also on Sea World and Busch Gardens Military Discounts.
Universal Studios is not currently offering a special Military Salute Discount offer. In previous years they did, but their most recent Military Salute (7-day hoppers, free for the member & $94 for guests) ended on 30 March 2010, and they have confirmed to me twice that they have no plans for further offers like this.
Here are the specifics on the regular military discounts that are sill available at Universal Orlando.
Military Discounted Universal Orlando theme park tickets – May be purchased at Shades of Green or your base ticket office. (Prices quoted below are for base ITT offices, Shades of Green’s prices are within 2 dollars)
Base Tickets (One park per day)
- 1-Day Base $82.00 Child $74.00
- 2-Day Base $111.00 Child $98.00
- 3-Day Base $119.00 Child $105.00
- 4-Day Base $126.00 Child $111.00
Park To Park Access (Multiple parks per day)
- 1-Day Adult $112.00 Child $102.00
- 2-Day Adult $129.00 Child $116.00
- 3-Day Adult $131.00 Child $117.00
- 4-Day Adult $135.00 Child $119.00
- 7-Day Adult $157.00 Child $139.00
Child tickets for ages 3-9
All multi-day tickets also include fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days of admission to the paid entertainment venues of Universal CityWalk® which commences and includes the first day any portion of the ticket is used.
Military Discounted Blue Man Group Tickets – Universal has continued their Military Discounted Tickets for the Blue Man Group Show at it’s Orlando Florida theme park.
The special military price is $49.00, compared to the regular box office price of $89.00
Blue Man Group tickets are available for sale at select base ticket offices and Shades of Green.
Universal Orlando Military Vacation Packages – These packages are for what Universal calls a 3-night/4-day getaway, and include both theme park tickets (for 2 days) and resort room accommodations. They start at two different price points based upon resort choice and other options.
The two price points are $229.00 and $379.00 per adult. Universal advertises that these prices are up to a 30% savings. These rates are for active, retired, and reserve military personnel.
The cheaper $229 per adult package includes
• 3 night’s accommodations at a Universal Partner Hotel
• 2 Day Base tickets (one park per day) (normally $111 at regular military discounted price)
• Access to live entertainment at Universal CityWalk
• Early Park Admission to experience the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
An example of a Universal Partner Hotel is the Fairfield Inn and Suites on International Drive, Orlando FL.
The more expensive $379 per adult package includes
• All the above from the cheaper package
• An upgrade to one of Universal’s On-Site Deluxe Hotels
• Universal’s Express Plus access to rides (bypass regular standby lines – a $40 + tax per day value)
The On-Site Universal Hotels are:
• Loews Royal Pacific Resort
• Hard Rock Hotel
• Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
These Military Vacation Packages are valid through 21 December 2011.
To book your vacation call 1-888-340-4614
I want to take this opportunity to encourage Universal Orland to step it up and offer a Military Salute again like it’s competitors Walt Disney Theme Parks and the Anheuser-Busch Company have continued to do.
For some thoughts on why Universal isn’t offering a military salute any more see our sister site Universal Parks Military Discounts
Specifically these posts:
3 Reasons why there isn’t a 2011 Universal Orlando Military Salute ticket offer
Another reason there is no military salute at Universal Orlando in 2011
Next time look for “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”
If you missed the first two installments of this series they are located here:
1. Disney Military Discount 2011 – Orlando Military Discounts Series
2. Sea World Busch Gardens Military Salute 2011 – Orlando Military Discounts Series
If you are new to Military Disney Tips Start Here
Disney’s Armed Forces Salute FAQ
Information on Shades of Green – the Military Hotel on Disney World property
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Hi, Steve,
My husband is in the Air National Guard, and we are headed to Orlando the week of July 10. I wonder if you could give us some advice. First off, I have read if you buy your 4 day passes at Shades of Green, there is no tax. Is this true? Next, what information does he need with him to purchase these tickets?
Lastly, we have never bought water parks and more, but are considering it. Are these to be used during the 4 days you go to the regular parks or can they be used other days during your visit?
I appreciate any advice you can give!
Sincerely,
Molly
Hi there Molly,
Yes, there is no tax at Shades of Green as it is a military owned facility, and all your husband will need to buy the tickets is his military ID. You then take the tickets to one of the theme park’s ticket sales windows to activate them. The’ll want to see IDs for all that are old enough to have them (adults).
The waterparks and more can be used at any time and each use subtracts one “visit” from your ticket. You can use one or more visits on the same day as a theme park or on other days.
So your WP&M ticket could be used up in 4 days or you could stretch it to 8 days if you do 4 days of theme parks and one WP&M visit per non theme park day.
My husband is retired military both he an I have Id how many tickets can we buy at discount rates. We are traveling with our 2 sons and grand kids.
Hi Patti,
The discount is based on the military member’s social security number. As a dependent your ID has his SSN on it. So no matter who’s ID you use you both are only eligible for 12 tickets, with no more than 6 active at one time.
Now if you were both military you would be each be eligible for 12.
You didn’t say how many grand kids… But I assume you need more than 6 at one time.
There is one exception the the no more than 6 active at one time rule. To quote Disney “Exceptions should be made for immediate families larger than five people. For example, if a family has six children, allow all members of the family to purchase 4-Day Disney Military Promotion Tickets.”
When they say immediate family they mean the member, spouse and their kids. You may be able to talk the person at the ticket window to allow you to activate what you need even though they extras are for grand kids and not your kids.
IMPORTANT: Dont pre purchase (if you plan to) more than 6 tickets, as the place you’ll find out if you can activate more than 6 is at a Disney theme park ticket window.
I am a little confused about using the military 4 day passes to Disney. I have my 3 kids, my wife, my mother-in-law and myself. Am I able to purchase the tickets for all of us and just use my ID to activate all of them. Also, can I purchase military discount tickets to Universal Studios Orlando for my mother-in-law also. I guess what I am basically asking is would I be able to these tickets on my mother-in-law even though she does not have a military ID.
Hi Chris,
For the Disney Armed Forces Salute 4-day tickets you as the military member can activate 6 tickets at a time with your ID. All six of you must be there at the ticket window for the activation and they will as to see photo IDs (licenses) for the other adults but that’s just to enter their name onto the ticket.
For the Universal tickets you can buy as many as you want for whoever you want.
Hope this helps, let me know if it’s still unclear.